Top Hat Sponsoring 2025 TAA Conference on Textbook & Academic Authoring

A big thank you to Top Hat for sponsoring the 2025 TAA Virtual Conference on Textbook & Academic Authoring at the Bronze level.

Top Hat’s mission is to spark better teaching and learning for a brighter world. Its dynamic courseware helps educators deliver more engaging, relevant and inclusive learning experiences in and outside of the classroom, so all students can succeed. Its extensive catalog of interactive eTexts features titles across all major disciplines, optimized for active learning. With Top Hat Custom Solutions, its experienced team helps you build the exact textbook you need, whether it’s by creating original material, customizing existing content, personalizing OER, or mixing and matching. Their instructional design and project management expertise makes for a smooth process to create interactive course materials that meet your affordability goals and timeline. With unparalleled support, Top Hat is your partner in transforming engagement wherever and whenever learning takes place. Managing Director Donna Battista is a TAA Board Member. 

2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Principal to Principal: Conversations in Servant Leadership’

Principal to Principal: Conversations in Servant Leadership (Second Edition), edited by Joseph (Rocky) Wallace with contributions by Jenny Ray, is a story that chronicles a school principal’s first year at the helm, and how she navigates the array of challenges with the help of a veteran retiring principal. The chapter by chapter scenarios and conversations between the two inspire the reader to embrace servant leadership as a lifestyle that changes lives, and creates a culture of care in a school community. Published by Rowman & Littlefield.

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2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘School Safety: True Stories and Solutions from School Leaders’

School Safety: True Stories and Solutions from School Leaders, edited by Joseph (Rocky) F. Wallace, Valerie Flanagan, and Robin Magruder, is a transparent look at the diverse mix of safety issues school administrators face every day. The wisdom shared in how these real events were handled with fast thinking and care for all parties makes this read a helpful resource for any educator.

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2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Social Emotional Learning and Servant Leadership: True Stories from the Classroom’

Social Emotional Learning and Servant Leadership: True Stories from the Classroom edited by Joseph (Rocky) F. Wallace, Valerie Flanagan, and Robin Magruder, is a collection of real experiences, written by faculty and alumni of Campbellsville University’s School of Education. This collection illustrate sthe diverse needs of P-12 students, and the interventions that can make a life-changing difference in their young lives.

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2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Government Contracting: Ethical Promises and Perils in Public Procurement’

This third edition of Government Contracting: Ethical Promises and Perils in Public Procurement by William Sims Curry incorporates research-based best practices, real-world procurement fraud cases, and offers recommendations for deterring fraud. This textbook is aimed at public administration, policy and procurement, along with public procurement postgraduate students and academics working in the fields of public administration, policy and procurement.

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2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies’

Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies: Best Practices for Public Procurement, Third Edition  by William S. Curry, describes research based best procurement practices for state and local levels. This textbook, recipient of TAA’s Textbook Excellence Award, is suggested for graduate or undergraduate courses. The best practices are based on nationwide research conducted from 2006 to present.

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